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Police Shootout in South Chicago Leaves Man Seriously Wounded

COPA opens an independent use-of-force investigation.

Overview

  • Chicago tactical officers exchanged gunfire with a man after a 911 report of a person with a gun on South Shore Drive in the South Chicago neighborhood.
  • CPD says officers tried an investigatory stop and told the man to keep his hands visible before shots were fired.
  • The man was hit and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he is listed in serious condition.
  • No officers were struck by gunfire, and both were taken to a hospital for observation.
  • Police say they recovered a firearm at the scene as part of the ongoing investigation.